Grapevine High School Mustang Band

Monday, March 10th:

-Ireland Music Rehearsal 8:00-8:30 AM

-Wind ensemble clinic with Mr. Alvarado 4:30-7:30 PM

-Winter Guard rehearsal 5:00-8:00 PM

Tuesday, March 11th:

-Host Middle School Pre-UIL (during the school day). Schedule found here.

• Honors Band will meet at GHS at 7:30. The performance will take place during 1st period (students will be field tripped out then are to report to 2nd period). They do not need to wear tuxes/dresses for the performance
• Wind Ensemble will be field tripped out of class at the start of 6th period-end of the day
• Symphonic Band is not performing during the Middle School Pre-UIL

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 8:30 AM (help run Middle School Pre-UIL during their band class)

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM

-Symphonic Band Clinic with Mr. Howard 5:00-6:30 PM

-Spirit Guard rehearsal 4:30-6:00 PM in Gym 2

Wednesday, March 12th:

-SAT during the school day

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 7:45 AM. If you are taking the SAT, don't show up to wind ensemble, just report to your testing room at the specified time.

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM

-Winter Guard rehearsal 5:00-8:00 PM

Thursday, March 6th:

-GHS Band to Ireland

Friday, March 7th:

-No School, GHS Band in Ireland

March 17th-21st (Spring Break)

Friday, March 21st:

Winter Guard rehearsal 5:00-8:00 PM

Attached is the presentation from the Ireland Parent Meeting that took place February 27th.

Here is the link for the presentation. Everyone needs to look at the presentation because there is a lot of important information in there in regard to departure procedures for the trip.

Attached is the spreadsheet with flight information. Your airport arrival time depends on the flight you are on. All flight groups will meet before security to distribute boarding passes before going through the security line together.

United Airlines Flight 2160 (with Mr. Andre)meet at DFW Airport at terminal E in front of ticketing at the E20 entrance at 9:30 AM, flight at 1:39 PM

Delta Airlines Flight 418 (with Mr. Slate) meet at DFW Airport at terminal E in front of ticketing at the E20 entrance at 8:00 AM

, flight at 12:15 PM

Delta Airlines Flight 032 (with Mr. Rees) meet at DFW Airport at terminal E in front of ticketing at the E20 entrance at 1:30 PM flight at 5:40 PM

American Airlines 3265 {small group}- meet at DFW Airport at terminal E in front of ticketing at the E20 entrance at 9:30 AM, flight at 1:21 PM

College Credit

• Course Options: Students have multiple optons for completing coursework online. College credit options differ in theme and destination based on the content of the WorldStrides program.
• Eligibility: College courses are open to students who are enrolled in grades 9-12 at the time of travel. Rising freshmen are not eligible for college level coursework.
• Cost: College credit is already included in your program fee so there is no added cost for travelers to take advantage. Transcripts for college credits are ordered directly from George Mason University.

https://worldstrides.com/en-us/why-worldstrides/educational-excellence/academics

If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining color guard, have them come out to Spirit Guard. The next practice will be on Tuesday, March 4th from 4:30-6:00 in Gym 2!

UTA's Double Reed Day is happening on Saturday, April 5 from 8am-5pm. This event is free to attend and open to oboists and bassoonists of all ages and skill levels! It is a super fun event with guest artists performing in recitals, masterclasses, and elective classes. At the end of the day, everyone learns new ensemble music and plays together as a giant oboe choir and double reed ensemble.

Our featured guest artists this year are oboist Dr. Euridice Alvarez from Baylor University and bassoonist Dr. Darrel Hale from University of North Texas!

There also is an optional solo contest, which costs $7 to enter. There are two divisions: Junior High (5th-8th grade) and High School (9th-12th grade.) It is a great opportunity to prepare for solo contest or State Solo and Ensemble and receive written feedback from a panel of double reed players. Prizes for the winners include free lessons, gift cards to Bocal Majority, and the high school winners get to perform with piano on the final recital. All of the details are on the registration website.

I hope that you will register and join me on April 5! It's going to be a great time!

For more information and to register, visit:

http://www.melissabosmaoboe.com/double-reed-day

The wind ensemble has been invited to perform at the prestigious Allen Pre-UIL Invitational festival! A tentative itinerary is attached here.

Each season the NEO holds a high school solo competition where the winner receives a $500 scholarship and the opportunity to be the featured soloist on our season finale concert in May.

In addition to our main SportsYou group, each class will have their own specific SportsYou group for class specific information. The codes to join are listed below.

Wind Ensemble: YY7U-CXDM

Honors Band: MLUX-VA3N

Symphonic Band: 3H77-DVP6

Leadership team, we will have our next meeting on Monday, March 24th at 4:10 PM. The meeting will be held in Mr. Rees' office.

The GHS PTSA gathers all of our parent volunteer hours every month. No time is too little to submit- if you volunteered even a half hour handing out popsicles, they want to know!

This will be the same link you will submit your volunteer hours to every month (by the 10th).

Thanks for all the time you spend supporting our students! We couldn’t do it without your support!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdv6e9BYL1az9jIi16KuZ3LYnC3uJjvfdOgQ__bvEsjvM2DRg/viewform?usp=sf_link

SPONSORSHIP PROGRESS:

If you own a business or know of one you think would be interested, please let them know the GHS HS BAND needs their support and provides wonderful marketing opportunities!

Want a flyer to help seek out SPONSORSHIPS? See the flyers below.

Questions? Please contact GHS Mustang Band Parent & Volunteer, Laurie Ackermann. I am happy to deliver flyers to you. Contact Laurie and tell her how many you want.

fundraising@grapevinehsband.com

Please visit the calendar and familiarize yourself with the rehearsal schedule and event calendar for the entire school year.

Lessons are available for all members of the band program. Please click here and set up lessons if you have not already.

The Grapevine High School Band has over 90% of students enrolled in private lessons. It is such an important part of our student's musical development!

Students/Parents should login and double check their profile on CutTime is correct. Login assistance can be found here. CutTime has replaced Charms and is one of our primary forms of communication and it is important to have accurate information. As we graduate students into the next grade, please verify that your school and grade are correct. CutTime is not an option to make a band payment.

If you have any questions, currently are not receiving the emails from CutTime, or have trouble logging in to your account, please contact Mr. Slate (brandon.slate@gcisd.net)

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